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YET ANOTHER PROOF THAT BENIN IS FAR OLDER THAN IFE...

Benin Dwarf 13th Century

" Stylistically speaking, both the dwarf's ears and his facial characteristics clearly refer to Benin. It follows that the Benin bronze casting tradition must have already been quite well-developed at the time this bronze was made, around 1300.

" This throws into question the argument that the bronze tradition grew out of Ife and was only adopted in Benin beginning in the 14th century. Given its approximate 700 years and its strikingly high quality, this dwarf serves as proof that a highly-developed bronze casting tradition existed in Benin as early as 1300, thereby repudiating all theories holding that the origin of the tradition lies in Ife.

" So too does this object disprove the theory that the Portuguese brought bronze to Benin, for trade between Portugal and Benin only began in the 15th century. With the exception of the feet, this object is extremely well preserved for its age. The only very similar piece we know of is housed in the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna.

Galerie Peter Herrmann - http://www.galerie-herrmann.com/arts/art3/Ife_Benin/33_Zwerg_700J/Zwerg_700J.htm

#credit Kehinde Thompson

Wow!! All hail the Great Benin Empire !!

Hmmm

Hw much didyu pay for it?

kowalsky:
Hi bruv. Did you later get the admission?

Yes..... You?

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nengibo:
Edonation, Axxeman, PrinceOgun, KingOvoramwen1 bornstunner1 Bininempire Movingon its all the same person, jumping from one thread to the other landgrabbing Ijaw and Yoruba land, because even satan is a tenant & squatter in hell, and still pays royalties to the oba

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mercyville:
Dracula

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khadaffi:
Whoever sponsored your primary education wasted his/her money

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BORNTOSUCKPUSSY:
Afonjas throwing their madness to their itsekiri brothers

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